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Interstate 75's far right lane southbound and the southbound entrance and exta ramps at Hancock County Road 99, U.S. 224 and State Route 12 will be closed Monday, Oct. 2, frpom 9 a.m. until 7 a.m., Tuesday, Oct. 3.

The announcement was made by ODOT.

The same afternoon at its Halloween party

Bluffton Family Recreation will hold a Bubba C Barbecue from noon to 2 p.m., Sunday, Oct. 22, at BFR, 215 Snider Road.

Presale tickets are available at BFR and from BFR board members. Tickets are $8 and include either a pulled pork sandwich or one-quarter chicken, macaroni and cheese and green beans.

Meals are for carry-out or eat-in at BFR.

Also on Oct. 22 - Halloween party

BFR will hold a family-friendly Halloween party from 1 to 3 p.m., Sunday, Oct. 22.

Bluffton council will hold a special meeting at 6 p.m., Monday, Oct. 2, according to Judy Augsburger, mayor.

The meet is to discuss a petition to expedite an annexation of Bluffton University’s Swinging Bridge Nature Preserve property into the Village of Bluffton.
 

Joyce Elaine Cupples, 74, died on Sept. 27, 2017, at the home of her daughter in Monticello, Wisc., after a two-year battle with metastatic ovarian cancer.

Joyce was born on Feb. 12, 1943, in Bluffton to the late Grant Wayne and Pauline Mae (Badertscher) Zimmerman.

She was preceded in death by her husband John Fox, of Ada, and was married to Robert Cupples on Aug. 7, 2010.

Joyce was employed as an administrative assistant at Ohio Northern University and at the Ada First United Methodist Church. After retirement, Joyce volunteered at Lima Memorial Hospital.

Two community meals are planned in October at the Bluffton Senior Citizens Center, 132 N. Main St.

 

The meals are:

• Thursday, Oct. 6, provided by Bluffton Lions Club

• Thursday, Oct. 19, provided by St. John’s United Church of Christ

 

Meals are at 6 p.m. and are free and open to the public. Donations to the Bluffton food pantry are accepted.

Marvin Foster took this impressive night time sky photo during Friday's Paulding-Bluffton HS football game. More of Foster's photos are available by clicking here.

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